Sorry guys — I think this one might just be for women.
I have a bad habit — I pluck my gray hair. I’ve heard the old adage that for every gray hair you pluck, three will grow back, but I don’t care (nor do I believe it). My mom warned me about plucking but I didn’t have gray hair when she was alive. Now I do and I am plucking them out. (looking up – “sorry mom!”)
Sure, it looks so relaxing to see women sit in chairs at the salon with all that tin foil in their hair reading a magazine. But I can’t bring myself to color my hair just yet. My sister started in her 40’s …. maybe earlier. To me, out of all the signs of aging, this is the one I’ve been stuck trying to ignore. But it’s not working and I am losing interest.
I don’t have that many (although I can’t see the back of my head and can’t get my kids to pluck for me!). My father didn’t go gray until very late in life and he still is not totally gray. Mine? They seem to stick out like a sore thumb so it’s easy to hunt and pluck.
Know how I know that others are doing the same thing? Livestrong has a “process” for plucking hair! Check this out:
Step 1
Find the right tweezers. Really? I use whatever I can find, my fingers or even a scissors if I must!
Step 2
Find your gray hair. Pluck only one hair at a time to guarantee you aren’t going overboard and leaving a bald spot. Pleeese. Anyone who knows me knows that I have so much hair that one, two or 20 missing strands won’t make a difference.
Step 3
Step 4
Pull the skin back around the hair. Using your non-tweezer hand, place your index and middle fingers an inch or two away from the root of the hair being removed. Is this what I’m supposed to be doing? I can’t even see the skin on my head! Not happening.
Step 5
Step 6
Squeeze and pull the hair out. I can’t even comment on this one.
Lately, I’ve given up. Really, what’s the point? I’ve barely got enough time every day to find clean underwear and socks for everyone before we leave for the day! Plus, here’s my new life philosophy: either you take me as I am (and then drop me off at the salon for two hours!) or you join me for a glass of wine (and bring a tweezers! or a People magazine!). I’d love either one!
Enjoy today!
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